
NDDC Postgraduate Scholarship Aptitude Test Questions Bank For Education
Sample Question 1
1. In typical human development, which of the following gross-motor skills is usually developed last?
A. hopping
B. catching a ball with two hands
C. skipping
D. climbing stairs
2. Which of the following factors causes Down syndrome?
A. chromosomal abnormality
B. prenatal exposure to high amounts of alcohol
C. oxygen deprivation during the birthing process
D. neural tube defects
3. A curriculum-based assessment provides information primarily about a student's:
A. eligibility for special education services.
B. progress in acquiring specific academic skills.
C. aptitude for future academic success.
D. ability to use assistive technology to perform academically.
Sample Question 2
4. In a typical progression of motor skill development, which of the following skills is generally most difficult for children to master?
A. skipping
B. galloping
C. sliding
D. hopping
5. A student who claps twice in an even rhythm to each beat of a four-beat measure of music is marking the:
A. upbeats.
B. quarter notes.
C. downbeats.
D. eighth notes.
6. During which stage of growth and development are total daily caloric needs greatest?
A. infancy
B. early childhood
C. adolescence
D. early adulthood
Sample Question 3
7. Which one of the following sentences is correct about the nature of teaching?
(a) It is diagnostic
(b) It is remedial
(c) It is diagnostic as well as remedial
(d) All the above statements are correct.
8. What are the three components of the educational process?
(a) Education, teacher and books
(b) Teacher, student and education
(c) Teaching, learning and practice
(d) Direction, instruction and skill.
9. What is teaching through a deductive method?
(a) From general to specific
(b) From specific to general
(c) From macro to micro-
(d) From easy to difficult.
Sample Question 4
10. Who raised the slogan “Back to Nature”?
(a) Realism
(b) Pragmatism
(c) Naturalism
(d) Existentialism.
11. Which is not the nature of philosophy?
(a) It is a science of knowledge
(b) It is a collective ensemble of various viewpoints
(c) It is a planned attempt on search for the truth
(d) It is the totality of man’s creative ideas.
12. The pragmatists are against
(a) The external examinations
(b) The specialist teachers
(c) Breakdown of knowledge into separate subjects.
(d) Eternal spiritual values.









